On 8/29/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote: > > > > I try to communicate with my GPS via a USB port but without success. I > used > > to do it with a serial connection without problem. Eventually, I will > have > > to plug my GPS on a laptop with USB port only so I have to find a > solution. > > According to a few things read on the web I have to load the garmin_gps > > module. I did it with succes but the documentation found said to use > > /dev/ttyUSB? which device I don't have. Maybe I still have a few things > to > > understand about the USB devices and udev! > > > > I would like to know if someone have been able to communicate with a > Garmin > > GPS via a USB port and how you did it. Or maybe someone with a good > > understanding of USB and udev could help me understand what is going on > and > > what I should do to make it work. > > Your documentation may not have taken udev into account. Assuming that > you're using standard Etch, run tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plug in > the gps and see if a message appears that tells you what device it > connects to. I've never hooked my GPS up to the computer. However, for > comparison, my Palm comes up as something like /dev/pilot. > > Doug.
Ok, here is what I got from syslog: Aug 29 21:53:15 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 3 Aug 29 21:53:28 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Aug 29 21:53:28 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Do you seen something useful from this? Thanks for the help, Bernard
